Sentence examples for perilous line from inspiring English sources

Second, the Conservatives are now treading a perilous line.

Moliere has Mascarille walk a perilous line between mere mischief and dangerous self-aggrandizement.

He is treading a perilous line between promising to shake things up and reassuring voters that he will protect them.For now, the risk seems to be paying off.

This was a perilous line of reasoning, considering that ESPN, no less than the sports section of the New York Daily News, needs to find ways to transform wins and losses and statistics into drama and conflict.

The great man - who so often treads a perilous line between genius and not-really-caring - is outstanding as the jaded actor who comes to Tokyo to film one of those whiskey ads that are never seen outside Japan.

Each will meet angry resistance from lobbies or unions, and some concessions will follow.Mr Valls, a centre-left moderate, will tread a perilous line between a desire to establish his tough-guy, reformist credentials and a need to keep the restless left wing of his party from outright rebellion.

or just plain condescending ("Half of rearing a girl was scaring her into not crossing the perilous line between popular girl and loose, sex being the line itself").. Simple language can be elegant, and deceptively plain declarative syntax is capable of hinting at a rich emotional complexity teeming underneath.

Perhaps the current bounty of grooming tools and high-tech gadgets has made people more aware of the risks of tie-giving: a one-size-fits-all gift that also offers perhaps the sole sartorial glimpse into a man's Inner Him, a tie, it seems, will forever walk the perilous line between being presumptuous and a cliché.